Countries and Their Capital Cities: Complete Reference Guide
This guide lists countries of the world along with their capital cities. It covers the vast majority of recognized sovereign states, organized by region for easier reading.
Asia
- Afghanistan — Kabul
- Armenia — Yerevan
- Azerbaijan — Baku
- Bahrain — Manama
- Bangladesh — Dhaka
- Bhutan — Thimphu
- Brunei — Bandar Seri Begawan
- Cambodia — Phnom Penh
- China — Beijing
- Cyprus — Nicosia
- Georgia — Tbilisi
- India — New Delhi
- Indonesia — Jakarta
- Iran — Tehran
- Iraq — Baghdad
- Israel — Jerusalem
- Japan — Tokyo
- Jordan — Amman
- Kazakhstan — Astana
- Kuwait — Kuwait City
- Kyrgyzstan — Bishkek
- Laos — Vientiane
- Lebanon — Beirut
- Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur
- Maldives — Malé
- Mongolia — Ulaanbaatar
- Myanmar — Naypyidaw
- Nepal — Kathmandu
- North Korea — Pyongyang
- Oman — Muscat
- Pakistan — Islamabad
- Palestine — East Jerusalem / Ramallah
- Philippines — Manila
- Qatar — Doha
- Saudi Arabia — Riyadh
- Singapore — Singapore
- South Korea — Seoul
- Sri Lanka — Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Syria — Damascus
- Tajikistan — Dushanbe
- Thailand — Bangkok
- Timor-Leste — Dili
- Turkey — Ankara
- Turkmenistan — Ashgabat
- United Arab Emirates — Abu Dhabi
- Uzbekistan — Tashkent
- Vietnam — Hanoi
- Yemen — Sana’a
Europe
- Albania — Tirana
- Andorra — Andorra la Vella
- Austria — Vienna
- Belarus — Minsk
- Belgium — Brussels
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — Sarajevo
- Bulgaria — Sofia
- Croatia — Zagreb
- Czech Republic — Prague
- Denmark — Copenhagen
- Estonia — Tallinn
- Finland — Helsinki
- France — Paris
- Germany — Berlin
- Greece — Athens
- Hungary — Budapest
- Iceland — Reykjavík
- Ireland — Dublin
- Italy — Rome
- Kosovo — Pristina
- Latvia — Riga
- Liechtenstein — Vaduz
- Lithuania — Vilnius
- Luxembourg — Luxembourg
- Malta — Valletta
- Moldova — Chișinău
- Monaco — Monaco
- Montenegro — Podgorica
- Netherlands — Amsterdam
- North Macedonia — Skopje
- Norway — Oslo
- Poland — Warsaw
- Portugal — Lisbon
- Romania — Bucharest
- Russia — Moscow
- San Marino — San Marino
- Serbia — Belgrade
- Slovakia — Bratislava
- Slovenia — Ljubljana
- Spain — Madrid
- Sweden — Stockholm
- Switzerland — Bern
- Ukraine — Kyiv
- United Kingdom — London
- Vatican City — Vatican City
Africa
- Algeria — Algiers
- Angola — Luanda
- Benin — Porto-Novo
- Botswana — Gaborone
- Burkina Faso — Ouagadougou
- Burundi — Gitega
- Cabo Verde — Praia
- Cameroon — Yaoundé
- Central African Republic — Bangui
- Chad — N’Djamena
- Comoros — Moroni
- Congo (DRC) — Kinshasa
- Congo (Republic) — Brazzaville
- Côte d’Ivoire — Yamoussoukro
- Djibouti — Djibouti
- Egypt — Cairo
- Equatorial Guinea — Malabo
- Eritrea — Asmara
- Eswatini — Mbabane
- Ethiopia — Addis Ababa
- Gabon — Libreville
- Gambia — Banjul
- Ghana — Accra
- Guinea — Conakry
- Guinea-Bissau — Bissau
- Kenya — Nairobi
- Lesotho — Maseru
- Liberia — Monrovia
- Libya — Tripoli
- Madagascar — Antananarivo
- Malawi — Lilongwe
- Mali — Bamako
- Mauritania — Nouakchott
- Mauritius — Port Louis
- Morocco — Rabat
- Mozambique — Maputo
- Namibia — Windhoek
- Niger — Niamey
- Nigeria — Abuja
- Rwanda — Kigali
- São Tomé and Príncipe — São Tomé
- Senegal — Dakar
- Seychelles — Victoria
- Sierra Leone — Freetown
- Somalia — Mogadishu
- South Africa — Pretoria / Cape Town / Bloemfontein
- South Sudan — Juba
- Sudan — Khartoum
- Tanzania — Dodoma
- Togo — Lomé
- Tunisia — Tunis
- Uganda — Kampala
- Zambia — Lusaka
- Zimbabwe — Harare
North America & Caribbean
- Antigua and Barbuda — St. John’s
- Bahamas — Nassau
- Barbados — Bridgetown
- Belize — Belmopan
- Canada — Ottawa
- Costa Rica — San José
- Cuba — Havana
- Dominica — Roseau
- Dominican Republic — Santo Domingo
- El Salvador — San Salvador
- Grenada — St. George’s
- Guatemala — Guatemala City
- Haiti — Port-au-Prince
- Honduras — Tegucigalpa
- Jamaica — Kingston
- Mexico — Mexico City
- Nicaragua — Managua
- Panama — Panama City
- Saint Kitts and Nevis — Basseterre
- Saint Lucia — Castries
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Kingstown
- Trinidad and Tobago — Port of Spain
- United States — Washington, D.C.
South America
- Argentina — Buenos Aires
- Bolivia — Sucre (constitutional) / La Paz (administrative)
- Brazil — Brasília
- Chile — Santiago
- Colombia — Bogotá
- Ecuador — Quito
- Guyana — Georgetown
- Paraguay — Asunción
- Peru — Lima
- Suriname — Paramaribo
- Uruguay — Montevideo
- Venezuela — Caracas
Oceania
- Australia — Canberra
- Fiji — Suva
- Kiribati — Tarawa
- Marshall Islands — Majuro
- Micronesia — Palikir
- Nauru — Yaren
- New Zealand — Wellington
- Palau — Ngerulmud
- Papua New Guinea — Port Moresby
- Samoa — Apia
- Solomon Islands — Honiara
- Tonga — Nuku’alofa
- Tuvalu — Funafuti
- Vanuatu — Port Vila
Note: There are approximately 195 recognized sovereign states. A few territories and special cases exist. Capitals can occasionally change or have dual status. This list is intended as a practical reference.
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